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There is nothing to disagree about.
It's not a matter of your opinion
If you actually knew anything about fighting - or just simply asked any fighter themself, they would tell you how much easier it is to simply learn how to defend against takedowns/defend submissions on the ground, then it is to master grappling or to get genuinely good at striking
This is why a stand up based karate fighter like Gsp can become one of the best MMA wrestlers of all time in MMA...
Where as you will never ever see a wrestler ever became a GOAT stand up fighter like a Floyd/Conor etc
This is why Jones can train boxing for a decade during his UFC tenure and still have garbage boxing
Yet a striker like Lil Nog can become competent enough in wrestling in a short amount of time to be able to stuff taekdown shots from Davis and Bader with only months of wrestling specific training
This is why Khabib works hard on his striking every day and still has rudimentary striking with many massive gaping flaws
While Conor the GOAT striker in MMA was able to stuff takedowns from a pre-usada MENDES while fighting injuried and on short notice
The results speak for itself
It's much easier to learn how to defend (against takedowns/submissions) then it is to master grappling
Here is the point you need to realise, Conor doesn't have to be on Khabib's level of grappling to shut Khabib's grappling down. He just needs to know how to defend/what to look out for/how to work out of it etc
It's much easier learning the defense to takedowns/subs.
Where as, it's virtually impossible to close any gaps in striking.. because even if you learn to defend you still have to know set ups, offence, have the striking IQ and skill to still actually be effective on the feet
Where as, when it comes to grappling you don't need to outgrapple the other fighter to win, you simply need to know the defense, how to shut it down, and that's it. You can then implement your game
It's going to BE MUCH EASIER for Conor to learn to shut down Khabib's grappling and implement his massive striking advantage.
Conor doesn't need to be on Khabib's sambo level to OUT GRAPPLE him IN MMA. Conor DOESN'T NEED to outgrapple Khabib to beat him. He just needs to know the positions and defenses to shut him down - and that takes a couple weeks at most, and a couple more weeks of drilling...
People are in for a rude awakening
Theres a reason why people call boxing/striking the sweet science
If Conor vs Khabib were strictly a grappling match then maybe you would have a point and only then would Conor's grappling have to be on Khabib's level...but that isnt the case. This is MMA
@agibmxmma @GreatSaintGuillotine
so, any comments on how the fight went?